tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71267231460077549242018-02-15T00:48:09.245+02:00Pure Vegetarian By LakshmiLakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125purevege/Ermlhttps://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-78835827834573086952016-06-29T11:09:00.000+03:002016-06-30T08:12:54.487+03:00Baked Garden Rolls in Tomato sauce
Last summer was cold and rainy, and there was nothing to harvest in the garden before July. This year the garden is a jungle! It has produced salad, spinach, turnip tops, and baby beets since the end of April and, by now, I've already planted a second round of carrots, white radish, Swiss chard, and bok choy.
BAKED GARDEN ROLLS IN TOMATO SAUCE
(makes about 20 bite size rolls)
20 green <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/FTGTjr9_7to" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com26http://www.purevege.com/2016/06/baked-garden-rolls-in-tomato-sauce.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-30067006815680269512016-05-11T12:52:00.000+03:002016-06-30T20:38:50.605+03:00Zucchini & Corn Soup
Is a blind uncle better than no uncle, I wonder, while dropping you a recipe without any other content?
Zucchini &amp; Corn Soup
(Serves 2-4 persons)
Ingredients:
2 small zucchinis (about 400g)
1-2 Tbsp ghee, butter or oil
1/4 tsp hing powder
1 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
1/4 tsp sweet paprika powder
3/4 tsp dry dill
1 cm (1/3”) fresh turmeric root, peeled and finely grated
750 ml (3 <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/h9PR3gPmAvw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com16http://www.purevege.com/2016/05/zucchini-corn-soup_11.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-86884213019323428982016-04-13T09:56:00.002+03:002016-06-30T20:02:19.779+03:00Broth & Daikon Noodles
Let me push the mop aside and get up from my knees to tell you what has kept me from updating the blog.
I’ve come to think of our cottage as a lovely granny, who squeaks, leaks, and lapses. Like any 91 year old, she urges constant care. Although I nurse her, she’s prone to accidents and regularly falls apart. She is cozy, but also naughty, and it’s a full time job to tend her. Her mishaps <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/jWzq6GhCwx0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com20http://www.purevege.com/2016/04/broth-daikon-noodles.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-87042443678918830422016-01-19T13:45:00.000+02:002016-06-30T18:27:47.934+03:00Seed Bread & Buckwheat Crisps
I dreamt about non-urban lifestyle long before we moved to the countryside last year.
When I was a kid, my family had a small island where we spent our summers. There weren’t neighbors, electricity, or running water. Whether it shined or rained, my brother and I splashed in the lake, swimming and playing like a pair of trout. Once a week we made a boat trip to the mainland to buy staple <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/9eXyhJ2ICO4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com15http://www.purevege.com/2016/01/seed-bread-buckwheat-crisps_19.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-16343402162389678522015-12-31T18:08:00.000+02:002016-01-19T17:46:27.601+02:00Gopinath
The Happiness Research Institute, an independent think tank exploring why some societies are more content than others, reported earlier this year that Finland tops the European Happiness Equality Index in 2015. The survey differs from the UN’s World Happiness Report by evaluating how evenly the quality of life spreads within all societal layers. Somewhere there, among the rank and file of the <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/OtQ1YHxRKUY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com9http://www.purevege.com/2015/12/gopinath_31.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-86886696678827968712015-12-22T15:07:00.000+02:002015-12-25T17:31:39.956+02:00Happy Holidays
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/872hMkoQsms" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com10http://www.purevege.com/2015/12/happy-holidays.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-85020602333252277462015-11-15T16:53:00.002+02:002015-11-17T14:30:32.365+02:00Pure Vegetarian Giveaway Winner
My husband played Lady Fortuna and drew Vishakha Dasi’s name from the hat – Pure Vegetarian giveaway book goes to her. Vishakha Dasi, please e-mail me (laksmi at purevege dot com) to give me your contact information and postal address. Congratulations!
Thank you, everyone, for participating. I wish I could send you all a copy!
Love, Lakshmi
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/1xhwxWlDlg0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com9http://www.purevege.com/2015/11/my-husband-was-playing-lady-fortuna-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-82904683760309084092015-11-08T21:22:00.000+02:002015-11-09T12:17:42.499+02:00An Interview
Please continue to Kajal Dhabalia's Wholesome Soul - a blog dedicated to yoga life - where she interviews me about cooking and spirituality. You'll find my current favorite breakfast recipe there, too.
Thank you.
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/ALAOKo1zJtI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com5http://www.purevege.com/2015/11/an-interview.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-55425267879833397862015-11-02T14:36:00.000+02:002015-11-02T19:39:52.431+02:00Peach Pie & Giveaway
My aunt, who is in her seventies now, did a long career in Helsinki University. Besides teaching Family and Consumer Sciences, she wrote and co-authored twenty cookbooks.
As a kid, I admired her unconditionally! Not because of her academic achievements, but because she came with open arms and connected with a shy girl like me. My brother was her Godson; I envied him for that! Although I’ve <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/6l6-HQacCE0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com71http://www.purevege.com/2015/11/peach-pie-giveaway.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-24588268223456487142015-10-13T12:48:00.000+03:002016-04-13T21:12:29.201+03:00Sunchoke Chips
After Sophie Charlotte Elisabeth Ursinus married an elderly privy councilor at the age of nineteen, she enjoyed the upper class privileges of Prussia for decades, until her fate changed on the evening of March 5th 1803. While she was hosting a card game at home, police stormed in and arrested her. The trial that followed shook Berlin. No longer did “Lotte” draw attention as a well-dressed widow<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/3tzqYMvun4s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com7http://www.purevege.com/2015/10/sunchoke-chips.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-62059582168632923182015-10-05T21:24:00.000+03:002015-10-30T09:59:26.418+02:00Winter Squash Soup
Four months ago, when dahlias and asters were crowning the summer season, I inserted a mesh on the windows to bar insects from entering, and to hear the swish of an oak tree that quivers on the backyard like a parasol. Under the canopy you’ll find clusters of acorn – little nuts that look like heads wearing a cap or, as I like to imagine, bells that jingle in the evenings when the man-made <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/UQ0S8DwB-SQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com16http://www.purevege.com/2015/10/winter-squash-soup.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-209835404186224822015-09-22T14:43:00.001+03:002015-09-29T22:08:36.664+03:00Lentil cakes in Potato & Tomato curry
Sponge-like patties, dhokla, have been steaming on Gujarati stoves for centuries. Made of fermented chickpea lentils and rice, they look like yellow diamonds on a plate.
Also for hundreds of years, but some 2000 kilometers (1300 miles) east – across the core lands of India – mothers and aunties by the muddy slopes of Ganges, in Bengal, have been frying another kind of savory cakes, dhoka. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/EymsoPjI7bE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com17http://www.purevege.com/2015/09/lentil-cakes-in-potato-tomato-curry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-39656680762612826182015-09-14T15:28:00.001+03:002015-09-14T18:31:16.102+03:00Zucchini Blossoms
According to weather reports, the remote lowland of permafrost in Oymyakon, Siberia, where the winter temperature may drop below -70 Celsius (-95 F), was warmer than Finland in the past June and July. This summer seemed like a long rainy afternoon that lasted until the middle of August. Then the clouds suddenly gave way to the sun for two weeks, and then it started to pour down and thunder <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/JDpWuYL3xAc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com17http://www.purevege.com/2015/09/zucchini-blossoms.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-31788358955405082842015-08-26T19:58:00.000+03:002015-08-26T23:53:44.158+03:00Eggless Meringues
Internet – the modern day village where masses gather to entertain, and to be entertained, and where Facebook along with blogs comprise message boards and news booths at the central marketplace – has been buzzing about aquafaba for some time. Although I’ve stayed away from the latest feeds for the best part of the summer, whenever I’ve connected online, recipes for this new culinary obsession <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/WnztMHg6_c8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com21http://www.purevege.com/2015/08/eggless-meringues.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-78716020760096095882015-07-29T17:45:00.000+03:002015-08-08T23:21:56.244+03:00Leafy Greens and Potatoes with Coconut
Earlier this year our brother in bhakti-yoga, Sadhumarga Prabhu, translated into Finnish “Cooking for Gaura Nitai”, a cookbook compiled by the students of Bhaktivedanta Academy Gurukula in Mayapur, West Bengal. The book contains nearly 100 lunch recipes, showcasing the diversity of Gaudiya Vaishnava* culinary tradition.
The book presents several kinds of rice; raita (salad); shukta (bitter <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/Y5bL8YymiQs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com9http://www.purevege.com/2015/07/leafy-greens-and-potatoes-with-coconut.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-80438441828007097202015-06-27T13:44:00.000+03:002015-06-30T09:31:12.804+03:00The Book / Pure Vegetarian
Recently I saw a clip from a popular TV-series in which the protagonist proclaimed his maxims in life: “never take anything for granted” and “when the job is done, walk away”. I haven’t watched the program and cannot place the quotes in context, but these guidelines could be (to some extent) mine, too. I found them particularly applicable to the way I view and behave towards the book. Here, I <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/d2desE6hOlA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com49http://www.purevege.com/2015/06/the-book-pure-vegetarian.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-85323244474465580292015-06-18T17:57:00.002+03:002015-06-20T15:15:43.625+03:00Homemade Yogurt
Meet our new neighbor – she is my fourteen year old niece who is intelligent, socially sensitive, creative and beautiful. There is a small wood cabin, built in 1925, in her family’s courtyard which my husband and I occupied in May.
Anyone who has ever relocated knows that changing the address is a small transition, but there are other adjustments that require more serious adaptation. It is a <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/1-HLXBnpITE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com21http://www.purevege.com/2015/06/homemade-yogurt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-6401537608829771092015-04-05T18:10:00.000+03:002015-04-07T13:32:23.259+03:00Lunch Wraps
Like all patterns of behavior, you can change food habits, too.
Last October I went cold turkey on sugar. I didn’t intend to quit sweets permanently, but wanted to experiment what – if any – short-term benefits reduction of glucose has on my health. Little did I know how much it would affect my cooking, eating and well-being!
Up until I was 40, I had a healthy relationship with sugar, and <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/EFtY13TYnBo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com30http://www.purevege.com/2015/04/lunch-wrap.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-16442333569445712242015-03-04T15:57:00.002+02:002015-03-05T10:32:16.546+02:00Bok Choy, Spinach, Broad beans & Piquant paneer
Cruciferous vegetables – like cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts, collard greens, kale and radish – are one of the dominant food crops worldwide. Today they are perhaps more popular than ever: not so much because people crave for vitamin A or C, soluble fiber and phytochemicals, but because modern scientific research shows that Brassica vegetable consumption correlates with lower <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/VGwhi8a9R_s" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com10http://www.purevege.com/2015/03/bok-choy-spinach-broad-beans-piquant.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-23432566296554597862015-02-23T17:15:00.000+02:002015-02-27T21:02:26.071+02:00Breakfast
Many of us grew up thinking breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it provides fuel to the brain and body after an overnight fast (thus the name: “breaking the fast”). There is, however, an ongoing debate about good food habits, and some studies indicate that skipping a cereal, toast and jam may not – metabolically speaking – be as noxious as believed. It would be interesting <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/YGUtNsvOFTw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com17http://www.purevege.com/2015/02/breakfast.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-39625732106199319172015-02-04T18:08:00.003+02:002015-02-05T06:21:34.878+02:00Saffron Paneer
Say cheese!
Nutritionally, cheese is concentrated milk with a longer shelf-life and many uses. Despite that it may smell like old shoes, people – especially Europeans – have cultivated an acquired taste for it since prehistoric times.
The fermenting process was likely accidentally discovered by storing milk in containers made from animal stomach, in which it naturally curdled as a reaction to <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/MdE6vkIuo0M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com17http://www.purevege.com/2015/02/saffron-paneer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-52232305361940007112015-01-25T15:26:00.002+02:002015-01-25T15:26:49.402+02:00Stay Warm!
Thank you.
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/hiZidysglQo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com11http://www.purevege.com/2015/01/stay-warm.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-24125186581288296302015-01-21T18:53:00.003+02:002015-01-21T22:44:32.376+02:00Buckwheat Roti
One cup buckwheat flour, a good pinch of Himalayan salt, one tablespoon of ghee (or oil), and about a third of a cup water (or as much as needed for an elastic dough) – that’s the basic recipe for making buckwheat flatbread, or roti. For softer dough, use dairy – milk, yogurt or buttermilk – rather than water. Being gluten free, buckwheat doesn’t have viscosity and tends to dry up and tear <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/0xIOBhLf9wg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com27http://www.purevege.com/2015/01/buckwheat-roti.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-3818992725803186602015-01-03T14:18:00.002+02:002015-01-03T17:08:28.524+02:00Baked Avocados
Looking for a new way to serve avocados? Stuff and bake them. It’s also an excellent way to get rid of leftovers while cleaning the refrigerator and pantry!
For the stuffing, use your favorite ingredients. I made mine from paneer, cooked black beans, roasted pine nuts, sundried tomatoes, fried eggplant cubes, basil, cayenne pepper, black pepper, hing powder, kala namak powder and Himalayan <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/2Db_n37JRNs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com9http://www.purevege.com/2015/01/baked-avocados.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126723146007754924.post-1824479081071333882014-12-26T16:30:00.002+02:002014-12-26T16:32:35.587+02:00Quiet Snow
Thank you.
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/purevege/Erml/~4/laTXpSz-glk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Lakshmi @Purevegetarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215124186544897612noreply@blogger.com13http://www.purevege.com/2014/12/quiet-snow.html